Even if Trump doesn't get cucked by Kim

(like he did by Democrats)

and manages to pull off denuclearization,

I don't think it'll boost his numbers

Assassinating Bin Laden didn't significally alter Obama's numbers

lol it boosted his approval

I can't remember the exact number

White Americans simply did not like Obama

you remember when you told me about Osama Bin Laden?

but his approval did go up

I looked up the approval

Nope

Immediately after Osama died (May 2, 2011)

I remember reading headlines about his approval spiking after bin Laden died

What about the average?

Obama got a net positive approval immediately afterwards

also, he easily trounced Romney the following year

All that matters is the averages, and Obama's average polling did not change

Obama only won re-election because his Black Horde showed up

it remained consistently positive for over a month

although he still would have easily won with our without bin Laden dying

Yep

by the way, fun thought experiment

If you were transported to January 2011, and were mind controlling Mitt Romney, what would you have him do to beat Obama

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I would've fought back much harder

I talked about this before

Fight back against Biden's slavery remark

and claim Democrats want to demographically replace White Americans

As a response to what Biden said about blacks, I would say "Obama wants whites to be slaughtered in the streets"

But of course Romney didn't fight back because,

well,

muh principles

https://www.quora.com/How-could-Mitt-Romney-have-beaten-Barack-Obama-in-2012

"The 2012 election was extremely close. 375,000 votes flipped in the proper proportions in four states would have tipped the election. That’s .17% of the electorate.

There were several “moments” and tactics in the 2012 election that better message and campaign management would probably have been enough to turn those votes. Here’s a short list off the top of my head.

Better clarification on the “47%” remark. Romney never seemed to explain this statement, which is factually correct but politically awkward, very well.
Harder pushback on the Crowley error in the debate, where she attemped to factcheck him (and was wrong in the process).
Serious outreach to the Christian voters in the GOP. Mainstream Christians consider Mormonism a cult, and many stayed home because of this issue. Romney could have acted to negate this objection more strongly.
Weak messaging on the ACA. Romney clearly felt like he could not attack Obama on the ACA because of Romneycare. Romney should have pushed hard using his knowledge of both plans to explain why it was foolish to try to scale those state-based ideas to the national level.
Harder messaging on his business experience. For all his experience, Romney did not hone his economic message very well. He should have refined it down to a few bullet points, stated what he expected the economic results to be, and went with it. Instead, his campaign left it a bit loose.

Anyway, those are the ones what come to mind."

what do you think of that answer

I kinda doubt that assertion that 2012 was 'extremely close'

It was close in the swing states

"375,000 flipped in the proper proportions in four states would have tipped the election"

FL, OH, NC, etc.

If Romney could've energized more White people,

he would've won